well he's right... name the last rap album you loved? Tribe?
all he forgot to add is that they are stealing the riff from some song everyone already loves.
true...Low End Theory was probably the last rap/hip hop album I have purchased or liked
well king krule kinda has a rap'esq thing going on...not sure if anyone in rap would think that counts
what's funny is the stones were stealing riff's from the American blues guys too
its different to play the same riff in your own way... with different recording facilities, equipment etc...as part of a different song... than to take an actual recording and simply place your own words over it...
the concept of the Stones taking a riff that sounded like Muddy Waters or whoever, or Mick Jagger singing like a dead-on Don Covay, is different than Vanilla Ice taking the keyboard and bass from under pressure and singing his banalities over it..
I have a wonderful cd by the Hellacopters (HighVisibility) which at times sounds quite a bit like Thin Lizzy but its not Thin Lizzy... a lot of these rappers would simply take the Thin Lizzy recording and rap over it..
Now I happen to think a lot of early hip hop which relied on samples is tons of fun and I love it......but there is a difference between Deacon kind of ripping off the bass from Good Times for Another One Bites the Dust and the Sugarhill Gang simply rapping over Chic....or not?
